Abandoned oil and gas wells pose environmental and public health risks. For three decades, the state has mismanaged funds earmarked for minimizing the threat.

Taylor Sheridan’s hit West Texas oil show “Landman” (the second season ends on Sunday) opens with an oil industry crisis ...

The House passed a bill to repurpose $500 million meant for cleaning up coal country’s environmental and safety hazards.

Texans may think finding oil on their property means instant riches, but the reality involves navigating safety regulations ...

Deborah Agbamu is a Nigerian-born geoscientist with an undergraduate degree from the University of Lagos. She subsequently ...

To meet climate goals, some organizations use a mechanism called carbon offsets to counteract some of their emissions. Money ...

Companies like Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips say that Venezuela owes them billions of dollars for confiscating their assets ...

At 7 a.m., the earth began to rumble. Suddenly, oil blew out of its well in a massive eruption that towered 200 feet in the air and sprayed the fearful villagers of La Rosa.

The State of California and the City of Newport Beach began an emergency remediation effort last month to address the source of methane and oil leakage, first discovered in late October, at a ...

Petronas has completed drilling the Caiman-1 exploration well in offshore Suriname, marking the first well in a four-well drilling campaign planned for Block 52 over 2025–2026. The well represents an ...

An emergency remediation project to cap a methane leak from an “orphan” oil well in Newport Beach has hit an unexpected snag, as construction crews have experienced complications with infrastructure ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The New Mexico Department of Justice is accusing three people of a fraudulent oil well scheme. The NMDOJ said Everett Grey II, Robert Stitzel, and Marquis Gilmore Jr. avoided ...